HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7808, 12 September 1903, Page 3

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Bruises. — The immediate application of cold over the site of a blow will lessen or prevent discoloration. Raw meat, as steak, will have a similar effeot. It is more thaia doubtful whether arnica, hoa any value. <_*e_-m_-_ Cake. — Mix l&lb of castor sugar ■with 2lb o_ flour and a few caiiaway seeds into a stiff paste, with the weli-beaten whites of three eggs, and two tablespoonfuls of milk; roll oufc very thin, cut into shapes and prick; bake on buttered tins. Savoury Trifles. Mince -loz of poultry or amy white meat, mix it with a few chopped pickled mushrooms, a little cream and a good , seasoning of cayenne pepper. Make all quite hot in a small ©aucepan, and serve in little piles on rounds of hot buttered toast. | One tablespoonful of ammonia and one of turpentine added to a pail of lukewarm water in which haa been dissolved two tablespoonfuls of table salt, will thoroughly " set*' all co-ours. De/lioate _ 'shades of the daintiest ; colours yield to this treatment^ Soak five or ten minutes. A Butter Cooler for Nothing.— Place the butter on la. dish, take a flower pot which has been previously dipped in water and place over dt. The 'hoß© itt the flower pot acts as j a ventilaitor, and the pot being somewhat I parous, retains some moisture. Thifl ia as ! good for butter as swry refrigerator. A hair BpeoiaJiat says that the hair of ohildre-i, whether they be boys or girls, should be kept out eihorb until tho seventh yeax of <age, as the growing h«dr is a drain upon the nutrition of the body, and at this time of life all the nutritive forces shuld be expended in the growth of muscle aaid bone. Untidy Cane-seated Chairs. — Seats that have beoome limp and stretched can be made to .ook like new, provided none of the canes are broken, by washing them in hot water, and standing them in a good current of air to dry. Tibia tightens the oame; and when dry vie seat will be quite flat and _res_t-looki_ig again. Very Good Soda Cake.— Jib sugar, 6oz butter, three eggs, lib flour, one tablespoonful treacle, few drops of essence of lemon, one and a-half tea spoonful® of carbonate of soda, 3oz of candied peel, _i*b curra/nts), Jib raisins. Cream butter and sugar together, add eggs well 'beaten* then rest of things in the e™er given, taking caire to mis all well in. Bake in tin -ined with pap«r. Lemon Buns.— Take lib of flour, two 4ea-spown-uifc- of baking-powder, Goz of butter and laid mixed, the grated riard and juice of a i«non and 6oz of castor enigax. Hub the butter into the flour; add the other mgred-ents, mix with an egg. and a. little milk. Make into small burrs, and bake in » hot oven for a quarter of an hour. Buns need to cook _*_tt or they will not ftse well. Walnut Oake.— Beat Boz of butter to a cream with the seme quam'tdty of sugar, then add Sox oi sifted pastry flour j scald, and chop fine^- 6oz walnut, aid to the butter and beat again. Beat tho wJhites only of eeven eggs to a stiff froth, and add, with a small t*a-poon.ul of vanilla essence; pour into a tin lined witih greased paptr- and bake in a steady oven for an hour. When walnuts axe not procurable use sweet almonds. Delicious Cheese Biscuits.— Thew are _ extreme'.y nice little biscuits and by tho addition of plasmon they are made far more nourishing than ordinary biscuits. Mix together two tablespoonfuls of plasmon, two ounces of jtrated oheeße and sail, and cajen_.e jjepper to

taste, add one well-beaten egg and one ounce of melted butter and knead thoroughly. Sprinkle a pasteboard with plasmon and roll tho paste out thinly, cut into rounds and hake in a cool oven. An Inexpensive and Neat Meat Safe oan be made- out of a small packing caae, which oan be -bought for a few pence iron- your grocer. The lid ia made into the door 'by connecting it to the box with two sea/ail hinges. Then saw A small square out of oach side, and tack white book muslin or perforated tin over the open 6pace. Screw a hook in tho top for hanging meat, eto., iand you have as good a safe as one which, would cost considerably more if bought. Parisian Bandwiches.^-Take fish, poultry, or gamo, and mince it very finely ; season with cayenne pepper and salt. Place this in a deep plate wifch two hard-boiled eggs, chopped finely, minced capers, and sufficient thick mayonnaise sauce to cover all. _____ thoroughly with & wooden spoon, pressing the ingredients together. Scatter a little shredded' celery or ticmato over, and spread on white bread and butter. Press the slices -together, and then garnish with grated yolk of hard-boiled egg. A Splendid Tonio After Influenza. — Place three eggs in the juice of three large .©mono, allow them to remain until the -shells are dissolved, then beat the whole together, and rub the Tosu'l'fc through a hair sieve. Next take Jib lump sugar and pour a quarter-pin. cf boiling water over dj>; add this when cold to the eggs and lemon, also a hailf-pint of rum, and bottle the whole foT use. The dose is* a small wineglass three-parts full before breaJtfiasfc or dn the middle of the morning. This is' a. -splendid pick-me-up. Evory girl who owns am. umbrella has wondered at .ome time or other why it is that she oan. never roll ifc up a-s compactly and neatly as it was rolled when she bought it. Instead of twisting with the handle, you should take hold of tho umbrella, just above the covers. These points naturally lie evenly around the -stick. Keep hold of these, pressing them tightly against the stick, and then roll up the cover. Holding the ribs prevents them from getting twisted out of place or bending out of shape. Tfhen th« silk is bound to fold evenly and roll smooth and tight. Nice Tea Oaikes.— o_Ex lib of -flour with ft teaspoonful of baking-powder, and sift it through a. sieve into » basin ; rub in with your fingers 2oz of butter; tbeastir in 4oz of ground loaf ougar and 2oz of currants. Break two eggs, beat them well, «_id add to a half-pint of milk ; stir the ousta/rd well into tlhe flour, , and make it up into a mice dough. Turn it out on a paste-boaid and roll out to the thickness of threoquaxters of an inch. (Jut it into fancy chapes, brush them over with milk, set them on a buttered tin in a moderate oven, and bake half an hour. Cut the mopen, butter them, and serve very hot. Hot Apple Shortbread.— Make a dougli of- a pint of flour, wifch two teaspoonfuls or baking powder and a little salt. Bub two ounces of butter into the flour and add a teacupful of milk, or morel if necessary, for a soft oVmgh. Divide the paste into three equal parts, . roll out,-, 'handling as little as possible. Lay one in a pan, lightly greased with butter; place another round on it, butter it and lay on the third. Bake in a sharp oven. Separate the sheets and spread each wifch warm apple sauce (very thick). Scatter sugar and little bits of butter over and press all together. Serve warm. If preferred this quantity may be made into six thin cakes. - Veal a la Bonne Femme. — Get a thick vpal outlet from the butcher's that will weigh at 'tast a pound when freed from skin and fat. Put a tablespoonful of fresh butter 'into a fryinigpan,' and, when -hot, place in the veal; 'et it cook till a pale brown on both sides. Maanwhilo boil some curry rice for five minites, quickly drain it on a colander, and pour boiling water on it and let it get cold. Into a stewpan put the drained rice and half a pint of cutiy sauce. Into a second stewpan -put fche veal and some more curry sauco. Let the contents of both pans simmer for half an 'hour, giving an occasional shake. /Form the rice into a mound on- * hot dish, set the veal on it, garnish with little rolls of fried bacon and sliced lemons. Reduce fche sauce by boiling ifc for a few minutes and pour over tho __u«at. A child or any person whose olothes are on fire should be made to lie down ait once. All nurses and children as well as mothers should understand this. Having as' quickly as possible forced the child* to the ground, roll it in a rug, blanket, coat, or anything handy, which will stifle the flames. Try to keep your mouth - shut while doing this,- as it is dangerous to inhale flames. A strong solution of common Boda and water is splendid for drawing out the burn, after which apply sweefc .oil, or, what is better still, a mixture of linseed oil and lime water. Strips of linen should be saturated with this oil and laid over the burns; then apply oilskin, and, (lastly, wrap .hem well in wadding, as the great* point with burns is to exclude the air. The white of a raw % egg turned over a burn or soaldi is most soothing and cooling. It can be applied quickly, and will prevent inflammation besides relieving the sting-